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Saturday Dec 12 | SF Gate

Eye-popping 'Avatar' pioneers new technology

About 12 years after James Cameron's "Titanic" became a bona fide cultural phenomenon, the writer-director-producer of such sci-fi juggernauts as "Aliens" and the original "Terminator" movies is back with an eye-popping, groundbreaking action/adventure/romance, "Avatar." For it, new cinematic technologies, a rain forest planet and even a ...

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Related Topix: Avatar, Titanic, Drama Movies, Action Movies, History Movies, James Cameron, Country, Terminator: Salvation, Business News

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Tvnz.co.nz

TradeMe warns of Christmas season scams

'Tis the season to be scammed, with New Zealand's leading online auction site warning people not to trust any requests for instant international cash transactions from online traders.

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Related Topix: Country

Fri Dec 04, 2009

KHQ-TV Spokane

Woman loses cash to secret shopper scam

A 27-year-old Spokane Valley woman has lost a substantial sum of money to a scam artist who sent her a paycheck for $1,800 and then asked her to send the $1,200 overage back via Western Union.

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Related Topix: Spokane Valley, WA, Country

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Boston Globe

Banking on the unbanked

FORMER US Representative Joseph Kennedy once described the garishly-lit check cashing outlets that dotted Boston's poorer neighborhoods in the mid-1990s as, "the worst predatory beast in the urban jungle.'' Today, these check cashers look like a bunch of fuzzy alpacas compared to mainstream banks, credit card operators, and mortgage companies.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, South End (Boston, MA), Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Country, Opinion

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Scoop

Scam warning

Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 2:46 pm Press Release: New Zealand Police Scam warning Auckland City Downtown Police are warning people of a current e-mail scam whereby people are contacted via e-mail in relation to a product or service that they may be advertising on the internet.

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Related Topix: Country

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Time

U.N. Report: From Bad to Worse in War-Torn Congo

Pascal Guyot / AFP / Getty It is startling because it is so mundane: rebels in eastern Congo apparently have no trouble circumventing the punishing U.N. sanctions aimed at bringing an end to the years of fighting in the lawless region, according to a new U.N. report released this week.

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Related Topix: Country

Historic Pelham

Telegraph Wires Connected Pelham to the Outside World in 1882

A very brief reference contained in the May 6, 1882 issue of The Pioneer published in New Rochelle, New York, reflects the date that City Island in Pelham was first connected to the communications grid of telegraph wires that were beginning to cross the country.

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Related Topix: New Rochelle, NY, Country

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Ventura County Star

Westlake woman describes scam she fell for

Naomi Finkel never doubted what she should do when she got the call on Nov. 3. Someone claiming to be her grandson was on the line.

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Related Topix: Westlake Village, CA, Country, Los Angeles County, CA, Ojai, CA, Ventura, CA

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Middletown Times Herald Record

Evacuation Day beacons to relay news from 1783

The British weren't coming - the British were gone. That was the message Gen. George Washington communicated to the newly independent nation 226 years ago, on Nov.

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Related Topix: Country

Mon Nov 23, 2009

KCCI

Police Warn Of 'Mystery Shopper Scam'

Police are warning of a new scam preying on holiday job-seekers. This scam, like many, involves a check.

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Related Topix: Country

Los Angeles Times

Egypt's Nile Delta: Fertile land, but not for jobs

Reporting from Tripoli, Libya, and Deyast, Egypt - The rice has been harvested, the chaff burned.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Egypt, Libya, Country

Sat Nov 21, 2009

South Bend Tribune

Beware of fake checks that look like Kroger sent them, South Bend police say

South Bend police are warning residents about a mail scam that sends people false checks through the U.S. Postal Service.

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Related Topix: South Bend, IN, South Bend Metro, Kroger, Retail, Grocery, Country

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Forbes

Western Union Encourages Money Transfers For The Holidays

Company reaches for a broader audience of cash-strapped consumers. Money transfer company Western Union is rolling out a new ad campaign Monday to encourage consumers to send greenbacks as a gift this holiday season.

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Related Topix: Country, Englewood, CO, Social Software, Marketing

Mon Nov 16, 2009

South Asian Media Net

Sonali, Western Union team up

DHAKA: Sonali, the country's largest commercial bank, has teamed up with Western Union, a global money-transfer service network, to regain its top position in remittance business.

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Related Topix: Country, Bangladesh, World News, Asia,

Sat Nov 14, 2009

KNXV

Free check in the mail, but do you cash it?

Single mom Whitney Gassaway only wishes now she'd listened to her gut. "It's too good to be true, but once I called and talked to them, I really thought, OK I'm going to at least try this," Whitney says.

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Related Topix: Country

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Epoch Times

Wyclef Raises Money, Plugs for Western Union

Times Square is a strange place. Hundreds of blinking lights and screens, a military recruiter, a naked cowboy, and on Monday afternoon, hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean handing out free, promotional $50 Western Union gift cards to passersby.

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Related Topix: Country, Wyclef Jean, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Marketing, The Fugees

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Ghanaian Chronicle

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As part of its corporate social responsibility, Western Union Ghana, and its agents, has donated 600 school desks and chairs to six underprivileged schools, in support of education in the country.

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Related Topix: Country, World News, Ghana, Africa, D a

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Western Union promotes insider to COO

Western Union Co. said Monday it would promote an insider to chief operating officer effective Jan.

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Related Topix: Union, OH, Country, Marketing, Financial Services, Investment Services, Madagascar, World News, Africa

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Traverse City Record-Eagle

Kathy Gibbons: You think it won't be you

The phone rings. You recognize the voice as your nephew's. He's calling from Canada, where he says he's been on a fishing trip with some buddies.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Country, Canada, Traverse City, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Emergence Marketing

CMO 2.0 Conversation with Gail Galuppo, CMO at Western Union

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! My CMO 2.0 Conversation with Gail Galuppo, the CMO at Western Union was both fun and refreshing.

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Related Topix: Country, Marketing

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